Baerren: If not for her money, Betsy DeVos would be just another Facebook blowhard

Betsy DeVos’s tenure as education secretary, and let’s assume that she’ll collect enough votes from Republicans to make it so, will be a testament to an awful pathology that undergirds much of our elections, the idea that wealthy people know best because they have a lot of money.

To wit, her resume: zero practical experience in education and zero experience in running a complex bureaucracy responsible for managing multi-billion dollar loan and grant programs. She has a bachelor’s degree from a small private college, and because she was born wealthy and married wealthy never had to work a day in her life. Read More